In an abrupt turnabout, the United Auto Workers on Monday officially dropped their attempt to get the federal government to order a new organizing election at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The union said that it was stymied by the refusal of state Republican officials to testify at a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board.

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